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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize

One of Library Journal's Best Books of the Year

From the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of The Book Club for Troublesome Women comes a warm

Mothers and Sons: A Novel Fiction_Gift_Guide and how time eased theA mother and son, estranged for years, must grapple with the shared secret that drove their lives apart in this enthralling story about family, forgivenessand how a fleeting act of violence can change a life forever. At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated. He spends his days immersed in the struggles of immigrants only to return to an empty apartment and occasional hook ups with a man who wants more than Peter